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Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition cover artvsRaft cover art

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch EditionvsRaft

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Raft leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch EditionRaft

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition leans harder on reads: Mobs follow scripted AI, no adaptive opponent

Variance3 vs 4

Raft leans harder on variance: Island loot tables and resource drift introduce randomness

Optimization7 vs 7

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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